Good morning,
Since I did not see any other responses to Doug's original question, I will
attempt to answer as I visit Union Bay almost every day. First, it CUH, or
Center for Urban Horticulture,
so it's likely the person posting is not that familiar w/that area. Second,
I believe K2 refers to a banded Cooper's Hawk wearing that particular band
ID. I only know this from talking with photographers who have a much better
chance at reading bands from a distance.
Ronda
On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 12:26 AM Hans-Joachim Feddern <
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Your comments absolutely make sense Dan! I am in full agreement!
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Hans
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On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 11:49 PM Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com>
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Hello Tom, Doug and the Tweeters Community,
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Yes, I agree and support those suggestions.
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I also understand that at times individuals are trying their best to
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quickly share time sensitive information with us about a find and location
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and are focused on sharing and then getting back to observations in the
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field. I tend to overlook the typos or abbreviations and am just impressed
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and grateful that they took time from their field observations to share the
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information with our community.
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If I would like clarification, I send an email to them requesting
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clarification.
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I would like to make an additional suggestion regarding sending emails to
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Tweeters.
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I would find it helpful for senders to respond to a original email for a
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sighting, question or anything else by "reply all" and for all to continue
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to do so for the whole discussion.
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I believe this will result in clarity and efficiency and at times, honor
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the originator of the emails.
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At times, people will start a new email regarding the same subject and
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this is sometimes difficult to follow and makes it more difficult to find
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preceding comments.
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Also, at times I have taken ten or more minutes to consider my response
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as I am typing it, then send it, only to find someone replied with a
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similar or same thought before I touched send, which is mildly
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embarrassing, but part of the deal with emails.
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Also, I hope that the Tweeters administrators are still considering
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allowing at least one photo or sound recording to be attached to emails. I
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believe this will be a major improvement for species Identification
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purposes.
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This addition may also bring new people to the community as they ask for
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help identifying species and continue to learn from responses.
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Thank you to everyone for sharing information. I have always appreciated
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that.
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Dan Reiff
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MI
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Sent from my iPhone
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On Apr 28, 2022, at 9:59 PM, Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:
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I agree wholeheartedly with Doug's request. Acronyms and abbreviations
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should be like pronouns and always have an antecedent. The American
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Psychological Association Style Guide
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<https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/abbreviations/> has useful
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guidelines.
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Tom Benedict
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Seahurst, WA
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On Apr 28, 2022, at 19:05, Doug Santoni <dougsantoni at gmail.com> wrote:
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I love getting news of Washingtonn bird sightings on both Tweeters and
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E-Bird, and I'm grateful for all of this great information…but wondering if
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posters could please try to help some of us out by avoiding cryptic
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acronyms and abbreviations. A recent Union Bay sighting referred to a "ho"
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near "UHC" (this sounds a bit unsavory), and I just saw comments, again
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relating to Union Bay, on K2 (isn't that a mountain in the Himalayas?),
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which left me completely befuddled. Could I kindly ask that posters be
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sympathetic to those of us who may not be in on this insiders' language?
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Doug Santoni
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Seattle, WA
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Dougsantoni at gmail dot com
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